LIFE IN THE METHOW

limited edition 60 copies, signed, HARDCOVER, 60 PAGES, 49 color prints, printed on premium photo paper

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David Moskowitz has been a resident of the Methow Valley for most of the past 20 years. For years he photographed wildlife, wild places and the intersection of humans and nature in the Methow River watershed, from its mouth on the Columbia to its alpine headwaters. Life in the Methow is a compilation of these images from over the past decade.

This collection of 49 photographs offers an intimate and compelling window into the natural world of the Methow Valley. It includes landscapes, wildlife, and people interacting with the watershed in a variety of ways. Photos were taken during weeks-long backcountry trips, afternoon trail runs out his back door, and the gracious guiding of individuals with unique relationships to various parts of the Methow. This collection includes everything from images made with a phone while out for a run to elaborate and carefully planned camera traps set for multiple years.

David’s passion for photographing the Methow is driven by curiosity, a love of place, a fascination with light and shadow, and a desire to understand the world and our place in it as humans. Wildlife images include intimate portraits of some of the rarest and most iconic species in the watershed. Landscape images capture every season of the year, and everything from arid grasslands to the snow-covered alpine environment. Photos of people and the impacts we have on the landscape reflect David’s perspective that humans are just another animal, a complicated and adaptable species with the capacity to create beauty through their interactions with the world around them.

Sunset over the confluence of the Twisp and Methow Rivers, Washington.

A grey wolf from the Loup Loup pack, in the Chewack River watershed.

Bounding marten tracks cross the skin track of Steph Williams and Drew Lovell in Copper Basin, Washington Pass area of the North Cascades.

From the acknowledgements for the book:

I am honored and humbled to have the chance to live, observe and photograph in the Methow River watershed. This landscape is awash with beauty and scars on many levels. Being a part of its ongoing story is a privilege I hold dear.

Funding and inspiration for the creation of this collection came from the Mary Kiesau Grant through Twisp Works. Mary was a friend and colleague of mine. One of the photos in this collection was taken the evening of her death, and this collection is, in part, my attempt to honor her legacy in the valley.